FISH AND FLOWERS
SPECIMENS FOR AUSTRALIA AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION, LONDON, November 6. The P. and 0. liner Comorin has aboard 300 specimens of plants and flowers, and live minnows^ sunfish trout, tench, porch, and snails, in the custody of Mr Clive Fairbairn, a son of the Victorian Agent-General ,_ Sir George Fairbairn, who will acclimatise them near Albany. The fish will be carried in a tank whose water is aerated by_ a bicycle pump, and will be fed on biscuits and other food. Mr Fairbairn has no doubt that the new migrants will thrive, since the English perch doubles its weight in Australia. He adds: “There is always the possibility of anything introduced to Australia running rampant. I had to* overcome all sorts of red tape and restrictions, hut there is no likelihood of a repetition of the rabbit plague.”.
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Evening Star, Issue 19412, 22 November 1926, Page 2
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139FISH AND FLOWERS Evening Star, Issue 19412, 22 November 1926, Page 2
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